With most Sundance Film Festival premieres one must wait many months before they may come to a theater near you, but a major one this year is hitting in just a few weeks. Fox Searchlight will be giving a theatrical release to Park Chan-wook‘s Hollywood debut Stoker at the very beginning of next month and for the occasion, they’ve released a batch of new images featuring stars Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode and Nicole Kidman.
As we said in our review, “Taking a major nod from Alfred Hitchcock‘s Shadow of a Doubt, Park Chan-wook has crafted his own twisted coming-of-age tale with Stoker, as the sullen India finally finds pleasure in the most unsettling of ways, learning to deal with bullies at school and a disturbing love triangle unfolding before her eyes. As uncomfortable as we may be at the outcome, it’s difficult not to simply enjoy the feral, visceral events our director has concocted. Despite some missteps along the way in execution, Park Chan-wook has come to Hollywood in about the boldest way he can and his distorted vision is a welcome one in this terrain.” Check out the images below for the film also starring Dermot Mulroney and Jacki Weaver.
India Stoker (Mia Wasikowska) was not prepared to lose her father and best friend Richard (Dermot Mulroney) in a tragic auto accident. The solitude of her woodsy family estate, the peace of her tranquil town, and the unspoken somberness of her home life are suddenly upended by not only this mysterious accident, but by the sudden arrival of her Uncle Charlie (Matthew Goode), whom she never knew existed. When Charlie moves in with her and her emotionally unstable mother Evie (Nicole Kidman), India thinks the void left by her father’s death is finally being filled by his closet bloodline. Soon after his arrival, India comes to suspect that this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives. Yet instead of feeling outrage or horror, this friendless young woman becomes increasingly infatuated with him.
Stoker opens on March 1st.